Interesting what you say about Go. From what I can tell Ruby/Python and LAMP stack are all a bit 2010 for the really cool kids so they are moving to Go. It's a hipster thing.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Nathan Schultz <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think Microsoft was ever popular with the Startup community. The > last time I did anything in that area LAMP was all the rage. > I have one mate in the Start-Up community who has used ASP.NET MVC on a > project, and said it stacks up okay against Rails. But he hated Entity > Framework (he said he wasted days trying to get it working properly). He's > since moved on to using Google's Go progamming language. > > Certainly I like the direction Microsoft is going by cherry picking the > best out of other technologies (e.g. lamda expressions, dynamic language > run-time, and MVC). Compiler as a Service also seems to have interesting > possibilities. It's certainly not growing stale like COBOL. It's when I > have to help out with Java projects (despite some good libraries), it feels > like a time-warp back to .Net 2.0 days. > > > On 22 August 2013 09:47, Greg Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Microsoft are trying to fix the startup thing with Biz Spark ( >> http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/) >> But when they make super stuff ups like the non support of Silverlight >> you do have ask what the @#$%^&* they are doing !!!!! >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Craig van Nieuwkerk >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I don't think this will necessarily filter into the enterprise in a big. >>> .NET and Java are both really strong in enterprise, as are Oracle and SQL >>> Server but not that strong in startups. Enterprise and startups have >>> different requirements. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Michael Ridland <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Does this eventually filter into enterprise and if so what does that >>>> mean for .NET? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Michael Ridland <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Python / Django / Rails. >>>>> >>>>> I think you would be hard press for find a .NET job on AngelList. Well >>>>> actually I can see 53 companies out of 3916 that use asp.net. >>>>> https://angel.co/ifttt/jobs >>>>> >>>>> I'm not bashing just noting my observations and wanted opinions? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Rob Andrew < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Michael, >>>>>> >>>>>> What is the development platform of choice for the cool kids you are >>>>>> seeing? >>>>>> >>>>>> Just wondering. >>>>>> >>>>>> Rob >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> *----- Original Message -----* >>>>>> *From:* Michael Ridland [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>> *Sent:* Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:38:49 +1000 >>>>>> *Subject:* Future of .NET >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> It's clear that in the Start-up and Web communities the choice for >>>>>> development platforms is not .NET. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does this mean eventually this will filter up? I'm wondering what >>>>>> this means for the future of .NET? >>>>>> >>>>>> I once had a developer say .NET is the new COBOL. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
